TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The name of another area facility recently came into question, and some active residents weren't pleased. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Often, kids who enter the Highlands County Courthouse are more afraid of the front lobby than they are of actually going inside a courtroom. With this in mind, bailiffs at the courthouse have been celebrating the holidays by handing out stuffed animals to kids. After going through the building's metal detector and letting their items pass through an X-ray machine, children are allowed to choose a toy amongst a group of stuffed animals sitting underneath a Christmas tree. "It's been pretty successful," said bailiff William Dilling. "We had a little girl come in a few days ago who was afraid to go through the metal detector, but we were able to convince her that she'd get a (stuffed animal) out of it." ...more

December 24, 2007

BRANDON - The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce is seeking community participation for branding the Brandon area. ...more

December 5, 2007

Grief is a profound human experience that touches all levels, says Sandi Sunter, director of community programs at The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Palm Harbor. "It's a spiritual process, that yearning and questioning," she says. ...more

November 30, 2007

The Hernando County School Board is not giving up control of the district's charter schools. ...more

November 25, 2007

Complaining that residents shouldn't have to pay an additional fee to watch government TV, Tampa filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Bright House Networks. ...more

November 17, 2007

The grit and independence that drew Hillsborough County School Board members to hire Superintendent MaryEllen Elia two years ago is wearing thin. ...more

November 13, 2007

Once a middle school opens in Citrus Park and a high school opens in Lutz, northwestern Hillsborough will experience a lull in school construction. ...more

October 27, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Although not opening until 2009, a park to be created adjacent to the future Town 'N Country Commons has a name. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Hillsborough County School District will turn to an outside company for help in drawing boundaries for a new middle school in Citrus Park. ...more

October 18, 2007